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The staggering advances in medical technology over the past few decades have enormously increased the number of treatment techniques available at the concluding stages of life. For countless patients and families, this situation is challenging and confusing, especially if an unexpected crisis occurs in a hospital or hospice, or at home. Final Choices is an extraordinary presentation of the issues, options, and obstacles concerning the right and ability of a dying person to control his or her future. George M. Burnell, M.D., a psychiatrist with direct experience in grief and bereavement counseling, emphasizes the development of open communication within the family and with members of the treatment staff. He sensitively discusses many important concerns so as to facilitate such dialogue, for example: the questions to ask a doctor at the onset of illness; the fear of pain or physical deterioration (e.g., from AIDS or chemotherapy); the spiritual, legal, and financial counsel available to patient and family; the medical "choices" a patient may have in pursuit of a dignified death; the official documents to prepare (e.g., a living will, a power of attorney, a healthcare proxy) for the patient's last wishes; the possible merits of hospice care for the medical and spiritual benefits of patient and family. Featuring poignant case histories, Dr. Burnell describes in clear, nontechnical language the painful ethical and legal complications that surface when patients and families do not pursue the possibility of "do not resuscitate" (DNR) orders in lieu of life-prolonging measures. Unlike other books in the field, Final Choices does not underplay the dilemmas posed by modern medical technology. Featuring a fascinating breakdown of landmark cases, the author weighs the opinions posed by the medical and legal communities, and the increasingly important role of a bioethics committee in its capacity as a family-hospital mediator. An extensive list of sample forms, charts, a helpful glossary of medical terms, and a diagram of states' policies on "right-to-die" issues make this inspirational book invaluable to the terminally ill and their families, experts in traditional and alternative medical treatment, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, members of the legal profession and the clergy, healthcare legislators, hospital administrators, and social workers.

Terminal care. --- Right to die. --- Do-not-resuscitate orders. --- Hospice care. --- Death.

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This book allows you to decide whether a living will is for you and offers a plain English living will to make your wishes known and how to grant an EPA allowing those you trust to manage your affairs.

Right to die --- Advance directives (Medical law) --- Do-not-resuscitate orders --- Law and legislation

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Advance directives (Medical care) --- Health planning --- Long-term care of the sick --- Do-not-resuscitate orders --- Terminally ill --- Patients --- Decision making. --- Care --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- United States.

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Terminal care --- Hospital care --- Hospital and community --- Soins en phase terminale --- Éthique médicale --- Ordres de réanimation. --- Euthanasie passive. --- Soins terminaux. --- Death --- Medical ethics --- Do-not-resuscitate orders --- Intensive care units --- Resuscitation Orders --- ethics

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Advance directives - such as living wills and health care proxies - are documents intended to declare and preserve the health care choices of patients if they become unable to make their own decisions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of advance directives and clear, practical directions for writing and interpreting them. Nancy M.P. King provides a legal, philosophical, and historical analysis of the moral and legal force of advance directives. She explains the types and models of advance directives currently in use and offers guidelines for individuals seeking to write, read, and use directives to promote individuals' health care choices within the laws of their own states. King emphasizes that advance directives are not orders given by patients to their doctors; instead, they are documents that invite conversation between doctors and patients about health care decisions of great importance. The purpose of advance directives is to support patients' health care choices, and the book promotes a thoughtful use of advance directives that is best calculated to achieve that purpose, whatever form individual advance directives may take.This new edition has been updated to reflect the many changes in advance directive statutes since 1991, including expanded discussions of health care proxy statutes, the impact of the Patient Self-Determination Act and the Supreme Court's Cruzan decision. King also has extended her analysis of the implications for advance directives of managed care, resource allocation, resource scarcity, and the debate over futile treatment at the end of life. "Making Sense of Advance Directives" is a valuable handbook for patients, health care providers and administrators, patient counselors, lawyers, policymakers, and any individual interested in advance directives.

Medical law --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- United States --- Do-not-resuscitate orders --- voorafgaande wilsverklaring (voorafgaande negatieve wilsverklaring, levenstestament, euthanasieverklaring) --- weigering van behandeling --- Death, Right to --- Death with dignity --- Natural death (Right to die) --- Advance directives (Medical care) --- DNR orders --- testament de vie (directive anticipée) --- refus de traitement --- Do-not-resuscitate orders. --- Right to die. --- Right to die --- Law and legislation. --- levenseinde (einde van het leven, levenseindebeslissing) --- Verenigde Staten --- #GBIB:CBMER --- Death --- Life and death, Power over --- Euthanasia --- Suicide --- Resuscitation --- Informed consent (Medical law) --- Medical laws and legislation --- Law and legislation --- fin de vie (décision de fin de vie) --- Etats Unis --- United States of America